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‘We have to have a structure and grades, because of our size and we have to work within those.’

‘She also said employees on the same grade in different regions got paid different salaries for the same work, or the same salary for different hours.’

‘The dispute centres on the implementation of a 35-hour week which would bring guards in line with most other grades of staff employed by the company.’

‘It said managers had been ranked into three grades, with the bottom 15 per cent losing their jobs.’

‘Following half a day of action in October and the threat of more strikes this week, management decided to reopen negotiations with a timetable to produce a system of pay grades by the end of February.’

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‘With the ultimate in timing equipment being installed drivers will be graded into four categories and awarded platinum, gold, silver and bronze medals once a year.’

‘The items and places of interest are graded with an asterisk rating (from zero to three) and much helpful information is given to tourists.’

‘Performances are graded to compensate for size or population profile.’

‘Replies to the 87 questions are graded in three categories - agree, disagree and undecided.’

‘He received the wool in huge bales and then graded it according to length and fineness, before despatching it to the cloth-maker or dealer.’

‘It's a gloomy prediction but what else are parents like us supposed to think when universities are graded according to their intake from the state sector and we have thrown in our lot with an independent school?’

‘In such circumstances, there being no threat to life or injury, the police response was graded accordingly.’

‘At the moment, 99.99% of the coffee beans grown in the area are mixed together, and the blemish-free ones are graded by size and shape.’

‘They will become even more responsible if development in their constituencies is formally graded, ranked in order of merit and made public.’

‘Under the plans, sites used by travellers could be graded according to how much impact they have on the local community.’

‘The survey broke each town into sites and graded each site accordingly.’

‘Premises applying for a licence will face a one-off fee followed by an annual charge which will be graded according to the size and location of the bar or pub.’

‘If other teachers have been placed in the promised grade it simply means that even those on the Copperbelt will eventually be graded accordingly.’

‘He said the mining centre would enable miners to add value to their stones by preparing knocking, sorting and grading their gemstones before selling them.’

‘Periodically, the oysters are graded for size and then put into bags of about 200, to be hardened.’

‘Voter education should extend to rating or grading the performance of an elected representative.’

‘Under the king was a carefully graded hierarchy of officials, ranging from the governors of provinces down through local mayors and tax collectors.’

‘And Malmesbury Hospital was graded green in both categories, one of 81 hospitals to achieve that distinction.’

‘There are 16 classes of vehicle, graded by engine size and body-type.’

‘Applications are graded in date order; the earlier you apply the better your chance of being rewarded.’